[marg: 1845 (See pp. 5 & 6 of orgl. and pp 9-13. of Copy.)] 143. November 12th. Mr. John Yerks: " I am eighty seven years old. The enter= prize, which resulted in André's capture was planned by us in North Salem, where, or near which place the families of some of our parents had removed to for safety, and where we or most of us were then in the public service. Six of us started from North Salem …

We then proceeded about three fourths of a mile further towards Tarrytown, and after resting a while in a hay barrack, resumed our march, and arrived in the night at [Romer's] Jacob Powers situated a quarter of a mile from the White Plains and Tarrytown road, and about a mile and an half from the Post Road where we took supper. At Romer's we took advice and held a council of war. We enquired about…

We were at Salem, every other week off duty, and it was on one of these alternate weeks that we applied to Captain Baker and our other commanding officers for leave to go down near Tarrytown in order to take from the Refugees and Cow Boys cattle and plunder they might be conducting below, and to work for pocket money. Our officers had full knowledge and approved of our enterprize and we proceeded …

It was about ten or eleven A.M. when he was taken, and his captors very soon [marg: 1845] afterwards joined us four at our station when we all immediately proceeded with the prisoner and his horse to Jacob Romer's where we partook of some refreshment, Andre refusing to eat or drink anything, and seeming unwilling to talk and desirous of being alone. We staid here but a short time and then hurried…

The four and their friends always thought that they were entitled equally with the three to farms, medals and pensions, which they believed also they would have obtained had the case been fairly put before the Congress. We (the four) never forgave this. All seven of us were serving as either as volunteers or as eight month's men, or in the militia.? Colonel Luddington was reputed a good soldier. …

I afterwards served under Captain Gilbert Dean in a similar Company, and on a scout at Tuckeyhoe where we were surprised by a party of Refugees horse, I was wound -ed in several places by a broad sword while in the act of escaping by getting over a fence. Another time in a Company under Captain Jacob Acker about a quarter of a mile from Twitch -ings Corner on the road to Youngs House, we were atta…

Another time in a Company under Captain Jacob Acker about a quarter of a mile from Twitch -ings Corner on the road to Youngs House, we were attacked by some Refugees and defended ourselves successfully, wound -ing several of our opponents, and taking six horses and a colt. The Skinners and Cow Boys [marg: 1845] sometimes had a good understanding with each other, and sometimes they accidentally i…